A senior administrative assistant of an office under the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) was arrested for robbery extortion听on Thursday, after allegedly demanding听听money from the widow of a slain soldier in exchange for the release of her husband鈥檚 pension benefit.听
Personnel of the Quezon City Police District鈥檚 special operations unit collared Luzviminda Valenzuela, a 61-year-old employee of the AFP Judge Advocate General Office (Jago), around听2 p.m.听inside a restaurant听听in Cubao, Quezon City.
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In April last year, Lanie Mahinay, 46, sought the suspect鈥檚 help to claim the pension of her late husband Pfc. Ernesto Mahinay who was听听killed in action in Surigao del Sur province in May 1989.鈥揓HESSET ENANO
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